Mining Incidents

Mine No 12-C Coal

Metro Mining Company Inc · Underground
Controlled by Faine James R
Earling, Logan County, WV  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4603935

MSHA record for Mine No 12-C (mine ID 4603935). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 27, 1983 WV · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss Fatality · ELECTRICAL
Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Contact with electrical current

SUPPOSED TO BE PATROLLING MINE PROPERTY,DISCOVERED DEAD 7 X-CUTS FROM SURFACE NEAR A DEWATERING PUMP.FOUND SUBMERGED IN 24\\ WATER WITH 440 VOLT POWER CONDUCTOR IN HAND.ENTIRE CABLE WAS REPORT EDLY BURNED TO PALM OF HAND.

Reportable incidents

8 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1987 · 3 incidents

August 4, 1987 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Metro Mining Company Inc · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS PIN3ING TOP WHEN A RTOCK 3' X 3' X 2" THICK FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER & BACK CAUSING SOME STRAIN ON HIS BACK.

May 8, 1987 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Metro Mining Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I NAME WAS PULL3NG ON A MINER CABLE AND STRAINED HIS LOWERED BACK. HE DID NOT NEED MEDICAL ATTENTION DUE TO THE INJURY AT THAT TIME.

April 20, 1987 WV · Coal scoop car operator POWERED HAULAGE
Metro Mining Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS OPER5TING A THREE WHEELER WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL CAME OUT OF HIS HAND AND STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF THE HAND THIS CAUSED INJURY TO HIS LEFT THUMB

1985 · 4 incidents

April 24, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Struck by falling object

INJURED WAS BOLTING ROOF WHEN A SMALL PIECE OF ROCK FELL FROM ROOF STRIKING LEG.

February 18, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURIED WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRILL HOLE IN ROOF WHEN DRILL STEEL KICKED BACK CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN ATRS SYSTEM AND DRILL STEEL.

January 16, 1985 WV · Coal scoop car operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HELPING SPLICE BELT ON SURFACE AND WHILE USING A HAND HOIST TO PULL BELT BACK TOGETHER THE HANDLE OF THE HOIST FLEW BACK STRIKING INJUREDS FOREHEAD

January 14, 1985 WV · Coal roof bolter, rock bolter, pinner, mobile roof support operator (mrs) MACHINERY
Golden Brook Mining Ltd · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOFBOLTS WHEN A SHARP PAIN CAME IN HIS BACK AS HE WAS PUTTING ROOFBOLT IN HOLE

1983 · 1 incident

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